The Ant Homesteader

Animals Gardening Homestead 

Bees on the homestead?

May 19, 2016May 23, 2016 Cheryl Blatnik 0 Comments Beekeeping, Bees, hives, nuc, swarm

Last winter, Travis and I were talking about getting bees in the spring. Travis and I were doing research trying

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Food Preservation Gardening Homestead Permaculture 

The AntHomesteader Workshops 2017

April 30, 2017April 30, 2017 Travis Toler 0 Comments classes, composting, energy, food, gardening, growing, learn, soil, teaching, workshop

Are you tired of eating out? Would you be interested in saving on your grocery bill by learning to create

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Brewing Homestead 

A Homestead Favorite: Russian Tea

January 27, 2017April 28, 2017 Cheryl Blatnik 0 Comments breakfast, clove cinnamon, coffee, cold, drink, favorite, homestead, hot, instant, lemonade, orange, russian tea, sugar, tea, unsweetned

A few years ago, our nephew, who was staying with us, was visiting his family in Iowa. Upon his return from

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HugelKultur Permaculture 

Linus Would be Proud of Our Great Pumpkin

May 23, 2016April 28, 2017 Travis Toler 0 Comments growing, hugelbed, melons, pumpkin, pumpkin butter, pumpkin seeds

The first year we installed our hugelbed, we were blessed with one of the biggest pumpkin I have seen. First

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Homestead Permaculture 

Got Permaculture Design Certification?

October 9, 2015June 1, 2016 Travis Toler 0 Comments acheivement, certification, gardening, PDC, permaculture, reading, training

Cheryl and myself have become certified permaculture designers. Recently we completed our PDC course and have submitted our designs for

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Carpentry Homestead 

Building a workbench

September 25, 2015May 25, 2016 Travis Toler 0 Comments carpenter bench, spoke shave bench, utility bench, workbench

Shortly after I completed the anvil stand I began work on my workbench. The concept is to create a multifunction

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Homestead 

Construction of Anvil Stand

January 21, 2015February 2, 2015 Travis Toler 1 Comment anvil, blacksmith, blower, coal, forge, hammer

This anvil stand will give us a place to be able to repair and make some basic tools and hardware. Every

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Animals Homestead Livestock 

Rabbits: First Attempts of Breeding

December 18, 2014April 28, 2017 Travis Toler 0 Comments

We have had our rabbits now going on a year. We got them when they were just a few weeks

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Homestead 

Back to the Basics: Butter

July 25, 2014July 25, 2014 Cheryl Blatnik 0 Comments

I am going to start a Back to the Basic section where I will share my experiences with making items

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Gardening Growing Homestead Livestock 

Chores on the Homestead

July 9, 2014July 9, 2014 Cheryl Blatnik 0 Comments chores, composting, feeding livestock, mulching, vermiculture, water management, weeding, worms

A day in the life of a homesteader is often filled with chores. Here is a list of chores that we tend

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